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YOUNG. MACHINE FOR WINDING, WEBBING, &c. No. 244,016.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS G. YOUNG, OF CHELSEA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALFTO JAMES OONNOLLY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR WINDING WEBBING, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,016, dated July 5,1881.

Application filed July 24, 18510. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS G. YOUNG, of Chelsea, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Devices for Winding Webbing, &c., of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for winding webbingor other simi- Io lar fabric on cards.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a machineembodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cam and rods.Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the cam, showing the traveler and part ofits rod in side elevation. Fig. 4 is a side view of the cam, showing anend view of the traveler and 2.0 partof its rod in section. Fig. 5 is anend view of the card being wound. Fig. 6 is a view of the clamp.

Similar letters of reference refer to like parts.

The letter a represents a table supported on 2 5 frame b, and carryingin suitable bearings at one side a stud, c.

Fixed on stud 0 so as to revolve thereon is a pulley, d, actuated bytreadle c and crank c", from which pulley, -by belt d, power iscommunicated to another pulley, (1", carried by shaft 0, which issupported by standards 6 on top of table a, and carries at the endopposite to pulley d the card-receiving frame'f. This frame f isprovided with two spring-clamps, f

3 5 though any other equivalent construction may be used, which firmlyhold the card g, so that the latter turns with shaft 6.

Power from pulley d is transmitted to a counter-shaft, j, journaledbeneath the table 40 a, in hangers j, by means of toothed wheel h andpinion h, arranged respectively on stud c and shaft j. At its end, awayfrom the intermeshing gear described, the shaft j carries a bevel-wheel,j", which engages another, It, car- 4 5 ried on the end of a shaft, is,turning in hangers k at right angles to shaft j.

Secured to shaft is, between its bearings, so as to rotate with saidshaft, is the cam 1, having cut in its surface the circumferential 5oVshaped grooves Z, communicating with each other by the crossingconnecting-passages Z. To the side of this cam, away from the stud c,and in the plane of the rotation of the card 9, there is secured beneathand to the table a a pin, t, on which are pivoted at right angles to 5 5each other two rods, '1" and t, the former arranged transverse cam l,the latter parallel thereto and extendin g beyond its bevel-wheel k.Where these two rods r and t are pivoted on pin t the end 1 of theformer passes snugly through a transverse slot in the end it of thelatter, and the rod 1 is also provided with a longitudinal slot, r,through which pin t goes. By this construction at their meeting ends rod1" has a lengthwise movement without disturbing rod t as the formerslides through the slot in the latter. At the same time any movement ofrod 1 in an arc would transfer a similar movement to rod t, since inthis case the rod r, being sung in the slot of rod 2, would hear 7o firmagainst the sides of this slot, and thereby afiect the position of rodt. At its other end, r, rod 1" comes over cam l and is bent downward atright angles, or thereabout. To its lower end, by a pin, 5-, is pivoteda traveler, 7 5 8, having an edge corresponding to grooves l of cam Z,and adapted to said grooves and their connecting-passages. Rodtis hollowand open at the end t' away from pin t. Sliding in said rod t and heldadjustably by screw u is a sleeve, u, within which is seat-ed a spring,a.

'v is a slider-rod, the end 11 of which enters sleeve a, bearing onspring a, and its end 1;, turned at an angle, passes upward through aslot or opening, a, in table a, and has the guide-eye 11'.

a represents blocks which are to be placed across the opening a, therebyregulating the distance of the eye o from the pin t, its center ofmotion, whereby the length of throw of 0 said eye o can be adjusted atwill. This arrangement of cam and rods forms the feedguide, the fabricto be wound passing through the eye 41' to card g. The object of theadjustability of the rods for the feedis to accom- 9 5 modate fabrics ofdifi'erent widths. I

It is obvious the greater the width the greater must be the throw of theguide-eye, and hence the farther its distance from the center.

The sleeve to can he slid in and out and held at any desired point,forming one means of adjustment. The rod a being loose in this sleeveslides in and out during the movement of rod t, and hence while carriedfrom side to side by said rod tits eye 0' can move in a straight line,the variance of its distance from the center being accommodated by thesliding action of the rod itself being drawn in against 'the spring bythe resistance of the blocks a, and thrown out by the spring itself.

As power is applied to pulley d, which may be by the treadle or otherwell-known means, the same is transmitted, by the gearing described, tothe card 9 and cam l, causing both to turn. As cam 1 turns the surfacethereof slides along under traveler s, the edge of the latter guided inone of the grooves I. At the same time the fabric is being wound on cardg. When one of the cross-passages Z reaches the traveler it causes thelatter to run over to the other groove l, slot 0" allowing the necessaryplay. At the same time rod t is turned on its pin t, and eye 'v,carrying the fabric, is thrown 1 to one side for the next lay on thecard, the

latter just turning and the first lay complete. This continues until theother cross-passage Z reaches the travelers, when the latter is thrownback, and also the eye 22', the second lay beingcomplete, and theoperation continues until the work is finished.

I claim 1. The combination, with the grooved cam l, of the rod 1",having at one end a traveler adapted to the grooves in said cam, and afeedrod, t, attached to the other end thereof, as set forth.

2. The combination of tubular rod t, sleeve a, spring a, and bent rod1;, as set forth.

3. The automatically-adjustable feed-rod t and 'u, in combination with atable havingan opening and removable blocks therein, as set forth.

THOMAS G. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMs, GEORGE V. MALLoN.

